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Personification vs Personage - What's the difference?

personification | personage |

As nouns the difference between personification and personage

is that personification is a person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification while personage is a famous or important person.

personification

English

(wikipedia personification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
    • Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
  • A figure of speech,in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
    • The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
  • An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
    • The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

    personage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A famous or important person.
  • * 1872 , , The Poet at the Breakfast-Table , page 230:
    • I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage , I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

    Usage notes

    * In modern use, the noun personage is typically used with a partially redundant adjective, such as "notable" or "great"; as such, it may fairly be said to mean simply "person".